NOLS Grads Blast Off

Last Friday night, a group of NOLS grads departed for an expedition. In itself, that’s not an unusual occurrence, but these grads have an itinerary that will take them beyond terrestrial peaks and oceans–they departed Cape Canaveral on the space shuttle Endeavour, en route to the International Space Station.

The 8-person crew is exceptionally talented and has a wealth of knowledge, not the least of which includes the lessons they all learned on custom-designed NOLS courses from NOLS Professional Training. NASA sends its astronauts to NOLS to experience the leadership curriculum necessary for successful expeditions, whether on Earth or in space. Every single person on the shuttle has been to NOLS–some of them twice!

Read more about the shuttle’s launch and the mission here. To learn more about how NOLS lessons are used in space, check out this story about astronaut John Grunsfeld.